re: Best tactical fighter aircraft? (Posted on 8/19/13 at 5:32 pm to Sliderstinks)

quote:F-14 Tomcat or F/A-18F superhornet

The F14 was designed as fighter, the F/A-18 and variants were designed for multiple roles. It is usually better to do one thing really well than a bunch of things just average. The EA6B Prowler is being replaced by the F-18G, and while it will offer many benefits in terms of operational cost, mission performance is reduced.

Right on, right on. However you are dead on with the F-22. Both the F-15 and F-22 make their money by seeing, shooing, and killing their opponent before they are even detected. The F-22 does it a whole lot more better than the F-15. I think they were throwing 3 (or 5 I cannot recall) F-15s at one F-22 during its development. The F-22 was winning the "dog fights".

Having said that I miss the F-14, and I really miss seeing the F-4s flying over Birmingham.

re: Best tactical fighter aircraft? (Posted on 8/19/13 at 6:12 pm to elprez00)

Eglin was flying a ton of training flights last week while I was in Destin. There was a consistent stream of F-35, F-15, and Osprey's flying. The 35's did a couple of low passes on the way back to Eglin. It's amazing how quiet they were compared to the F-15s.